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Christian Dittus |
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BODIES OF LIGHT
BODIES OF LIGHT is a novel that turns a single human life into an epic story, a hugely readable book that traverses the darkest territory, a book that fulfils fiction's promise to immerse us in the realities of another identity, another body, another way of seeing the world.
The novel tracks the life of Maggie: from her traumatic childhood shuttled between care homes; to domestic happiness that ends in tragedy; to the arms of a passionate woman in the southern alps of New Zealand; and to a new existence and new name in the USAonly for her to find that she can't leave her old self behind so easily.
This is the story of a life in full, detailed, wrenching, sensuous and compelling. It's about suffering and heartbreak, memory and loss, the refusal to do anything but survive, no matter the odds. BODIES OF LIGHT confirms Jennifer Down as one of the writers defining her generation.
Born in 1990, Jennifer Down already has published a highly regarded novel and book of stories. She has twice been named a Sydney Morning Herald Young Novelist of the Year. Bodies of Light is the book that fulfills the fabulous promise of this early work.
The novel tracks the life of Maggie: from her traumatic childhood shuttled between care homes; to domestic happiness that ends in tragedy; to the arms of a passionate woman in the southern alps of New Zealand; and to a new existence and new name in the USAonly for her to find that she can't leave her old self behind so easily.
This is the story of a life in full, detailed, wrenching, sensuous and compelling. It's about suffering and heartbreak, memory and loss, the refusal to do anything but survive, no matter the odds. BODIES OF LIGHT confirms Jennifer Down as one of the writers defining her generation.
Born in 1990, Jennifer Down already has published a highly regarded novel and book of stories. She has twice been named a Sydney Morning Herald Young Novelist of the Year. Bodies of Light is the book that fulfills the fabulous promise of this early work.
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Published 2021-10-01 by Text Publishing |